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Brainstormy

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17. the whole ghostwriting thing

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 09:54 AM

Nov 2012

As a professional ghostwriter, I have to laugh at your comment. If people only knew how few books are actually written by their famous "authors," they'd laugh, too. And if I could find a way to clone myself into quintuplets, my trips to the bank would be nearly hysterical. But just so you know, it sometimes takes holding your nose. I've written books on subjects so boring to me personally that I felt like a prisoner of war. I've also written a few that oppose my personal idealogies. But it's a living.

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Me, too. Skidmore Nov 2012 #10

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Very interesting. Thanks. n/t OneGrassRoot Nov 2012 #32

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with good cause. See how many marriages just went on the rocks here? dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #38

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